The Moroccan International Championships or Championnats Internationaux Marocains was a men's and women's international clay court tennis tournament founded in 1925 as the Moroccan Championships or Championnats du Maroc. The tournament first held in Casablanca, Morocco. It was held annually until 1974 when it was discontinued as part of the worldwide ILTF Circuit.
History In 1924 the Moroccan Championships were first held in Casablanca, Morocco. The tournament continued to staged annually through to the second world war then was suspended. In 1950 the tournament resumed under a new brand name the Moroccan International Championships. The tournament was mainly held in Casablanca, but was also staged in Rabat in 1933, 1937, 1939 and 1950. The championships ran annually through till 1974 when they were discontinued as part of the worldwide ILTF Circuit.
Finals Men's singles Notes: two versions of the tournament was held in * February (59) & April (62) ** November (59, 62). (Incomplete roll) Moroccan Championships 1930 Christian Boussus Maxime "Max" Combemale6-2 6-3 1936 Christian Boussus Jean Lesueur6-4, 6–0, 6-2 1937 Christian Boussus Kalle Schröder4-6 6-3 6-4 6-8 6-2 1939 Mr. Lasson Kalle Schröder7-5 6-2 6-01940/1945Not held (due to World War II)Moroccan International Championships 1950 Geoffrey Brown Fred Kovaleski5-7 6-1 6-4 1951 Paul Rémy Maurice Bendayan6-2 6-0 7-5 1956 Henri Chabance Pierre Forget8-6 6-4 6-2 1957 Pierre Forget Jean Pierre Bergerat6-3 3-6 6-2 10-8 1959* Mike Davies Robert Haillet6-3 1-6 7-5 1959** Nicola Pietrangeli Gérard Pilet6-4 6-3 6-4 1960 Manuel Santana Giuseppe Merlo1-6 6-4 6-4 6-4 1961 Wilhelm Bungert Boro Jovanović 7-5 2-6 6-3 3-6 6-2 1962* István Gulyás Ingo Buding10-8 6-4 6-2 1962** Lahcen Chadli Mohammed-Haibabi Bouchaib 6-1 6-0 6-2 1963 Roy Emerson Ingo Buding6-8 7-5 6-3 6-4 1964 Martin Mulligan István Gulyás6-4 6-2 6-3 1965 Ben Ali Ahmed Ali Laroussi1-6 6-4 7-5 4-6 7-5 1968 Nicholas Kalogeropoulos Allan Stone6-1 4-6 6-3 6-4 1968 Michel Leclercq Daniel Contet2-6 7-5 6-2Open era 1969 Željko Franulović Barry Phillips-Moore2-6 6-1 6-2 6-3 1970 Hans-Jürgen Pohmann Ali Laroussi6-3 6-4 6-2 1971 Ion Țiriac François Jauffret7-6 6-0 6-3 1974 Éric Deblicker Jean-Claude Barclay7-5 6-1 6-3
Women's singles (Incomplete roll) Moroccan Championships 1925 Mme Neville Mme Rebourseau 6-1, 3–6, 6-1 1933 Mlle Matia Mme Lannefranque 6-2, 6-1 1939 Mme Follweider Mme Lannefranque 6-4, 6-21940/1945Not held (due to World War II)Moroccan International Championships 1951 Ruth Nathan Kaufmann Mlle Pilon Fleury 6-3, 3–6, 8-6 1954 Maud Galtier Michelle Bourbonnais6-3, 6-2 1956 Jacqueline Morales Mlle Roy 6-1, 6-1 1959 Márta Popp Jacqueline Morales 5-7, 6–2, 6-3 1960Daily Mirror (1960) Ann Haydon Jacqueline Rees-Lewis6-0, 6-2 1961 Silvana Lazzarino Helga Schultze6-2, 6-3 1962 Lea Pericoli Silvana Lazzarino10-8, 3–6, 6-1 1963 Jan Lehane Maria Bueno6-3, 6-2 1964 Françoise Dürr Robyn Ebbern6-4, 6-3 1968 Gail Sherriff Alice Tym6-1, 6-4Open era 1969 Alice Tym Graciela Morán6-3, 6-1 1970 Jacqueline Morales Lecaillon (2) Jenny Staley Hoad3-6, 7–5, 6-0 1971 Wendy Gilchrist Michèle Gurdal6-2, 7-5
See also Grand Prix Hassan II (ATP successor tournament) Morocco Open (WTA successor tournament) :Category:National and multi-national tennis tournaments
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